Twitter’s Layoffs Are a Blow to Accessibility

The vice president of the Lighthouse for the Blind says that they have been strong. They're all gone.

Neil Milliken, the global head of accessibility at Atos, says that despite its late start, Twitter had established itself as one of the more inclusivity focused social networks over the past two years.

Setting a very different example is what it is now. There may be no one left to make sure the site complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act with no evidence that the company has shifted accessibility-related duties to other teams. The National Association of the deafness told WIRED that failure to monitor or verify accessibility in all new programs and services puts them at risk. This tumble backwards is different from other Big Tech companies that have dedicated accessibility teams.

Losing this team is bad news for people with disabilities. Milliken said it was a waste of time. It is atravesty for Vogler. According to WIRED, a professor at the University of California, Irvine who studies accessibility says it is "discriminatory and foolish."

These descriptions could be applied to the layoffs approach. It is not known how long the company will function as behind-the-scenes problems continue and employees are hurt. The seams are in bad shape. Last week, some people were locked out of their accounts due to a glitch in two-factor verification. There is a chance that the whole site could sink now that more employees have resigned rather than working toward Musk's vision.

The plight of the accessibility team is a parable for what goes wrong in the world of social media. It wasn't perfect but it worked. It was moving in the right direction. What it has already built is in danger of being destroyed. When I asked Musk what his plans were for accessibility, he didn't reply. There is no evidence that Musk knew about this team before he laid them off.

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Losing a gathering place is still a sting even if another network has better accessibility features. Kim is sad that her community has left.